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World Water Day 2017: Write a love letter to New Brunswick’s rivers, lakes and streams!

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection, Marine Conservation, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

Twenty-five years ago, global leaders at the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro declared March 22 as the first World Water Day – one day a year where the world community focuses on protecting water. Living in a province blessed with nearly 60,000 kilometers of streams and rivers, 2,500 lakes and 5000 km of […]

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Spring is in the air! No better time to read our latest edition of EcoAlert, Spring 2017

CCNB Blog, Feature / Corey Robichaud

This special water edition of EcoAlert dives into New Brunswick’s water with a look at our water classification program and new discussions on the Fisheries Act, and introduces some of the province’s local watershed groups. In this issue: • Satelite data show Miramichi watershed forest loss • water classification back on the table? • Map of New Brunswick’s

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March EcoNews 2017 – rising seas, farmers thoughts and event highlights!

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we give you the scoop on an online map that’s tracking which Atlantic Canadian communities need to prepare for rising sea-levels, take a sneak peak at our letter applauding the report from Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, and look at a recent series of news stories featuring our Climate and Energy

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Online map shows Atlantic Canada coastal communities just how much sea level is rising

CCNB Blog / Corey Robichaud

You may have heard about sea-level rise, but you may not have heard how much sea level is rising or how sea-level rise is related to climate change. That’s why the good people at the Ecology Action Centre in Nova Scotia have collaborated with Fisheries and Oceans Canada to give us an informative website where

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Join our free webinar on climate change communications, Wednesday at 3PM

CCNB Blog, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

Looking to learn how to communicate better about climate change? Don’t risk putting your foot in your mouth. Join Conservation Council’s Climate Change and Energy Solutions Director Dr. Louise Comeau for an educational webinar on the do’s and dont’s of communicating climate change. Get a crash course on the benefits of investing in clean energy, the challenges

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Move to regional cap-and-trade system gaining momentum?

CCNB in the News, Climate and Energy / Corey Robichaud

A recent series of news articles featuring our Conservation Council Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, Louise Comeau, speculate that cap-and-trade systems, where large industrial polluters’ greenhouse gas emissions are capped, may be the pricing mechanism chosen rather than a carbon tax when it comes to putting a price on carbon pollution. CBC asked

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Preparing a feast for our feathered friends: Highlights from our March Birdfeeder Workshop

CCNB Blog, Feature / Samantha Phillips

In like a lion, out like a lamb…or a chickadee? March certainly brought us some mighty cold days with it, but the frosty weather didn’t deter the many bird enthusiasts who attended the birdfeeder workshop at the Conserver House on March 4. Our Learning Outside project coordinator, Nadine Ives, led the workshop where I

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Conservation Council applauds report from Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

CCNB Blog, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

FREDERICTON –The Conservation Council in collaboration with other Canadian environmental organizations, wrote to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans on March 7, 2017, thanking the entire membership of the Standing Committee on for its report presented to the House of Commons on February 24, 2017 on the review of changes made in 2012

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Farmers invited to comment on agricultural priorities by March 17

CCNB Blog, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

Do you think the government should prioritize environmental protections and sustainable land use, or the introduction of new technologies? How would you rank our province’s agricultural priorities? Do you have any suggestions for a new agricultural program? New Brunswick farmers – the province is seeking your input to aid in the development of our next

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Conservation Council applauds Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans report on Fisheries Act

Marine Conservation, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

FREDERICTON –The Conservation Council, in collaboration with Canadian environmental organizations, wrote to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans on March 7, 2017, thanking the entire membership of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans for their report presented to the House of Commons on February 24, 2017, on

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